Further Reading

Chronology

Operation Southern Watch
1996 Events

4 November 1996 -- A Southern Watch F-16CJ fired a HARM at an Iraqi mobile missile
radar near the 32d parallel after the pilot received radar warning signals.

2 November 1996 -- A Southern Watch F-16CJ fired a HARM at an Iraqi mobile missile
radar near the 32d parallel after the pilot received radar warning signals. Later analysis
indicated the Iraqi radar had not tracked the aircraft, a conclusion reversed on 4
November after further study by the Joint Staff.

4 September 1996 -- A US F-16 patrolling the extended Southern Watch no-fly zone
fired a HARM at an Iraqi SA-8 air defense radar after the radar locked onto it. Four Navy
ships launched 17 more cruise missiles against targets in southern Iraq.

3 September 1996 -- Retaliating for the Iraqi attack, the US launched 27 cruise
missiles against targets in southern Iraq. Two Navy ships launched 14 Tomahawk missiles,
while two B-52s fired 13 conventionally armed cruise missiles. The US also extended the
Southern Watch no-fly zone to include all areas of Iraq south of the 33d parallel, one
degree further north.

31 August 1996 -- Iraqi forces intervened in fighting between Kurdish factions in
northern Iraq, helping the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) capture Irbil, the main Kurdish
city in northern Iraq.